http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/nr10022601.shtmlNew Cascades trains will be built in Wisconsin factory that will also build Talgo trainsets for that state's high-speed rail.Trainsets are supposed to have wi-fi and roomier Business Class seats.This could mean one of two things:1.) The phasing out of ODOT Amtrak Thruway between Portland, Eugene, and intermediate points. 2.) Increased frequencies through the entire Eugene-Portland-Seattle-Vancouver system.
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/nr10022601.shtml
New Cascades trains will be built in Wisconsin factory that will also build Talgo trainsets for that state's high-speed rail.
Trainsets are supposed to have wi-fi and roomier Business Class seats.
This could mean one of two things:
1.) The phasing out of ODOT Amtrak Thruway between Portland, Eugene, and intermediate points.
2.) Increased frequencies through the entire Eugene-Portland-Seattle-Vancouver system.
>>45910Actually no. You're wrong.You see what is actually going to happen is that the trainsets that are currently being used for the two round trips are going to be needed up north between Seattle and Portland, which is now going to 6 round trips up from four, with WSDOT saying "FUCK YOU, I WANT MY TRAINS BACK!!" to Oregon.
>>45910
Actually no. You're wrong.
You see what is actually going to happen is that the trainsets that are currently being used for the two round trips are going to be needed up north between Seattle and Portland, which is now going to 6 round trips up from four, with WSDOT saying "FUCK YOU, I WANT MY TRAINS BACK!!" to Oregon.
Incidentally, now that the Olympics are over, is the 2nd roundtrip to Vancouver here to stay? Or is the Canadian border patrol gonna take it's ball and go home again?
>>45920I dont honestly know...I think maybe the CBSA is going to go back to its usual bullshit. However, there is talk of BC buying two sets of Talgos, and even WSDOT buying 2 to 4 more sets...This is part rumor though...I also hear that BC and Vancouver liked having the second train, but Ottawa doesnt want to necessarily play ball.Its going to be fun...
>>45920
I dont honestly know...I think maybe the CBSA is going to go back to its usual bullshit. However, there is talk of BC buying two sets of Talgos, and even WSDOT buying 2 to 4 more sets...This is part rumor though...I also hear that BC and Vancouver liked having the second train, but Ottawa doesnt want to necessarily play ball.
Its going to be fun...
http://www.biztimes.com/daily/2010/3/1/talgo-chooses-tower-automotive-site-for-train-assembly-plant>Formerly AOSmith.. 2/5ths of yoar Dads Rambler was built here..Ya know that the Talgo assembly site was just annouced last week..I'm thinkan that Oregons sets will deliver at least a year out..
http://www.biztimes.com/daily/2010/3/1/talgo-chooses-tower-automotive-site-for-train-assembly-plant
>Formerly AOSmith.. 2/5ths of yoar Dads Rambler was built here..
Ya know that the Talgo assembly site was just annouced last week..
I'm thinkan that Oregons sets will deliver at least a year out..
>>45927ODOT expects their trains to come in around 2012. They likely don't believe in ancient Mesoamerican prophecies. They also think that White Boxcar Factory north of Portland Union Station is just peachy-keen.Pic relevant, because Talgos are going to be built by cheeseheads.
>>45927
ODOT expects their trains to come in around 2012. They likely don't believe in ancient Mesoamerican prophecies. They also think that White Boxcar Factory north of Portland Union Station is just peachy-keen.
Pic relevant, because Talgos are going to be built by cheeseheads.
>>45928>to consist of fitting glazing and installing seats..
>>45928
>to consist of fitting glazing and installing seats..
>>45943Whatever the cheeseheads do, at least it'll satisfy the "Buy American" requirement. And it won't be Bombardier crap.
>>45943
Whatever the cheeseheads do, at least it'll satisfy the "Buy American" requirement. And it won't be Bombardier crap.
>>45928I dont think they are building any white bawxcars for a while...Maybe the occasional barge, but with so many racks and well cars sitting idle around the country...
I dont think they are building any white bawxcars for a while...Maybe the occasional barge, but with so many racks and well cars sitting idle around the country...
Spanish glamour
The warbonnet paint scheme was introduced on EMC E1 diesel locomotives 2 and 2A, the first of the Santa Fe's 2 class, delivered in June 1937 for the first streamlined "Super Chief." With minor variations, the same paint scheme was also used on the prewar E3, E6, and DL-109/110 locomotives. In 1946 the warbonnet was first applied to F units, including 100-class FTs converted to passenger duty and new 16-class F3s delivered by EMD. That year also saw the introduction of the Alco 51 class, PA-1s and PB-1s, in warbonnet paint.
This is stored at the Grapevine Vintage Railroad in Grapevine Texas. They run a tourist line from Grapevine to the stockyards in Ft. Worth and back. They use a 4-6-0 steam engine and also a GP7. This is called the "tarantula train" by the locals.
>>4607Wasn't that initially stored at the Age of Steam museum in Fair Park? It's awesome to that it ended up there though, perhaps they intend on putting it back into service.
>>46080I visited both places while living in Texas. I'll check my photos next time I have my backup to my backup external drive hooked up. I took many photos of both places.
>>46080
I visited both places while living in Texas. I'll check my photos next time I have my backup to my backup external drive hooked up. I took many photos of both places.
>>46080It was in Dallas. I just can't figure out when it was moved.
It was in Dallas. I just can't figure out when it was moved.
Get in the car! It's a train! Rail carrying train
I highly approve of this thread.
Silly trains, they think they're a bus.
>>46103Ahem.
>>46104I wish that line through Millers Dale was still open ;_;That would be a lovely train journey
>>46104
I wish that line through Millers Dale was still open ;_;
That would be a lovely train journey
here is the original "Get in the car! It's a train!" pics
Tee hee, a couple of layout pics.Be kind, I am still learning this camera.
Tee hee, a couple of layout pics.
Be kind, I am still learning this camera.
>>46084
>>46085
>>46086
Then I was going to make a field post from on board the Sounder, but I couldnt connect to the onboard Wifi so I gave up and went to the cab car and shot a small vid that has some luscious K5LA action...
>>46088 >:C
fuck trains
>>46090 NO U!
>>46082That's the Weller Street Overpass pedestrian bridge!>>46083Nice station! Too bad no trains actually go there. Especially since the actual platform concourse and tracks were torn out to build 500 Union Station. :(>>46084The Amtrak yard, complete with Talgo stubbies!>>46085 Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>46082
That's the Weller Street Overpass pedestrian bridge!
>>46083
Nice station! Too bad no trains actually go there. Especially since the actual platform concourse and tracks were torn out to build 500 Union Station. :(
The Amtrak yard, complete with Talgo stubbies!
>>46095lolwut
>>46095
lolwut
>>46101(animooted)
>>46101
(animooted)
What in the name of Popeye The Sailor Man is this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnebago_IndustriesTee hee!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnebago_Industries
Tee hee!
>>46070The CC 21000 (#X996) was a French dual-current electric locomotive that Amtrak was testing alongside the Swedish Rc4 as a possible replacement for the older Penn Central equipment on the NEC. The CC 21000 would lose out to the Rc4, which would go on to be the basis for the AEM-7.
>>46070
The CC 21000 (#X996) was a French dual-current electric locomotive that Amtrak was testing alongside the Swedish Rc4 as a possible replacement for the older Penn Central equipment on the NEC. The CC 21000 would lose out to the Rc4, which would go on to be the basis for the AEM-7.
Penn Coach Yard
Where mah bitches @?
>>45926>>What? Trolley drivers get hit up by hookers, too?Yeah, you kind of learn to get used to it.
>>45926
>>What? Trolley drivers get hit up by hookers, too?
Yeah, you kind of learn to get used to it.
>>45932I kinda do look like that guy.>>45936 09's is bigger than yours. XD
>>45932
I kinda do look like that guy.
>>45936
09's is bigger than yours. XD
>>45950i laughed my ass off the fist time i seen thislol why did you change this post?D=<I kinda do look like that guynah just the glasses and head phones/camera angle reminded me of that guyas for this thread: >post ur /rail/ face... im just not ready for that seeing how every thing some how leaks back onto fouChean >.>
>>45950i laughed my ass off the fist time i seen thislol why did you change this post?D=
<I kinda do look like that guynah just the glasses and head phones/camera angle reminded me of that guy
as for this thread:
>post ur /rail/ face
... im just not ready for that seeing how every thing some how leaks back onto fouChean
>.>
>>46029>>444936
>>46029
>>444936
>>45950>>09's is bigger than yours. XDStandard gauge isn't the only thing that is 4"81/2 when it comes to me.
... >>46045silly buns
>>46065I see what you >>45361 wait what.
>>45361
>>46071
>>46071lol Ham, that's his disappoint face? or ...sort of want. I cant tell.XD>>45361could have been worse ye know <.<...he heim not the only one posting animu catgirls round here.
I looks like with the success of the Peppercorn "Tornado", An inquiry by David Wardale for those not in the know the consultant engineer for steam in China and the US. The proposal is to build a prototype which will equal the same horsepower per ton of a class 47 pulling 7 coaches while the 5 AT will pull 11 coaches. To bad the start up capital is 10 million to build this prototype.http://www.5at.co.uk/
To add to the above, steam power does have a very important role in the future of rail transport, and it's very adaptable to the cheapest energy source. >>45947 is close the the mark in being a stationary boiler. Power stations, driving electric locomotives, far more efficient than carrying two fuel sources (coal and water) with you, just get the juice wherever you are.
ok lets pretend all world oil is gone nothing! What do we do now for luberication? The steamer will be useless then
>>45953 There's always an alternative, mah boi.
>>45843:|We have loads of locos rusting away doing f-all, and people throw money at things like this and Tornado? It disgusts me :(
>>45843
:|
We have loads of locos rusting away doing f-all, and people throw money at things like this and Tornado? It disgusts me :(
>>45954Between that and the methane generated from pig-shit, there'd be a new emphasis on the farming of hogs. Swine would be the new oil, and pig farmers would become tycoons.Or something.
>>45954
Between that and the methane generated from pig-shit, there'd be a new emphasis on the farming of hogs. Swine would be the new oil, and pig farmers would become tycoons.
Or something.
>>45955Can I come and shake your hand? Well said!
>>45955
Can I come and shake your hand? Well said!
>>45956
>>45953 >ok lets pretend all world oil is gone nothing! What do we do now for luberication?Palm oil, m'boy. That's what the British used in all their machinery before petroleum became all the rage in the late 19th century.
>>45953
>ok lets pretend all world oil is gone nothing! What do we do now for luberication?
Palm oil, m'boy. That's what the British used in all their machinery before petroleum became all the rage in the late 19th century.
>>46064That, and synthetic oil.
>>46064
That, and synthetic oil.
>>46064>>46067Ah yes, natural and synthetic oils. They can't fuel our internal combustion engines, but they can lubricate our machines and, in some cases, cook our food.
>>46064>>46067
Ah yes, natural and synthetic oils. They can't fuel our internal combustion engines, but they can lubricate our machines and, in some cases, cook our food.
New film up on the National Film Board of Canada's website:http://www.nfb.ca/film/runawayIt's about a runaway train and wacky shenanigans.
New film up on the National Film Board of Canada's website:
http://www.nfb.ca/film/runaway
It's about a runaway train and wacky shenanigans.
Wacky shenanigans? Or political, socio-economic allegory?http://www.nfb.ca/film/romance_of_transportation_canada/Semi-related; it talks about transportation in general, but it does mention trains.
Wacky shenanigans? Or political, socio-economic allegory?
http://www.nfb.ca/film/romance_of_transportation_canada/Semi-related; it talks about transportation in general, but it does mention trains.
These are some shots I took last night/morning. The incredible fog that hit Chicago made for serious scary train operations (and driving too!) also made for some interesting night shots.Please excuse crappy quality, all I had was my G1 phone in EO-26 format.
These are some shots I took last night/morning. The incredible fog that hit Chicago made for serious scary train operations (and driving too!) also made for some interesting night shots.
Please excuse crappy quality, all I had was my G1 phone in EO-26 format.
And now, back at Barr Yard, some shots of the third main signal at Halstead st. Please enjoy.
>>45960Saved thanks. Makes me wish I was back in Texas again.
>>45960
Saved thanks.
Makes me wish I was back in Texas again.
>>45975Well, you now have one way back there.
The incredible fog that hit Chicago made for serious scary train operations (and driving too!)(and driving too!) I wasn't kidding about that... for all you Google street level fans, here is a crash at 0300 am in the area of Peck and Ogden (in the village of La Grange Park, IL), in where a Caddy tried to drive through a brick fence.Stock Mythbusters warning.
The incredible fog that hit Chicago made for serious scary train operations (and driving too!)
(and driving too!)
I wasn't kidding about that... for all you Google street level fans, here is a crash at 0300 am in the area of Peck and Ogden (in the village of La Grange Park, IL), in where a Caddy tried to drive through a brick fence.
Stock Mythbusters warning.
Caddy vs. brick fence
It's an honest-to-goodness Amshack!Also, yeah, just driving a car in the fog is no bueno. I can imagine you at the stick of tons upon tons of steel in that fog and shitting bricks.
It's an honest-to-goodness Amshack!
Also, yeah, just driving a car in the fog is no bueno. I can imagine you at the stick of tons upon tons of steel in that fog and shitting bricks.
This is a good description of how Snail felt in the fog.
>>45958Superior Original Content is Superior
>>45958
Superior Original Content is Superior
Teh Feck?
Was she trying to name all of the stations of a certain line from memory?
>>45944Ding Ding Ding Ding
Yaranaika? Er, I mean, Yamanote?
Too many clothes and not enough bouncing around.
>>45981Here ya go..."Hanamaru Kindergarten"
>>45981Here ya go...
"Hanamaru Kindergarten"
Yet even more!!!Pics are ainmooted for yer pleasure.
Yet even more!!!
Pics are ainmooted for yer pleasure.
>>45990>>45991Yay, Miss Yamamoto! My favorite lovable retard! :D
>>45990>>45991
Yay, Miss Yamamoto! My favorite lovable retard! :D
this was my face..
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